Changelog: The 200 New Features Of iOS 5

If you haven't been lucky enough to get your hands on a beta or gold master version of iOS 5, today is the day. Like most of you, I've spent plenty of time on Apple's iOS 5 page looking at the features and watching those famous Apple walk through videos. While the bullet point features are great, we've been unable to see exactly what we're getting.

Well, that is until now. Below you will find a list we've compiled of the over 200 new features included in iOS 5, sorted by app/section. So whether you've updated already or are counting down the minutes, scroll down for some in depth goodness. Also make sure you stay tuned to AppAdvice.com for all of your iOS 5 and iPhone 4S launch needs.

The 200 New Features of iOS 5iMessage

Free instant messages

Facebook button

Turn on or off in settings

Read receipts

Configure to use SMS when not connected to Internet

Group messaging

Ability to send photos and videos

Blue message bubble indicates it’s an iMessage

See if other person is typing a message

Reminders

Location-based reminders

Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange integration

Support for iCal and Outlook

Newsstand

Dedicated area for news publications

Download more via the App Store

Background downloading

Changeable application icon

Calendar

Add, rename or delete calendars

View attachments from within the app

Landscape mode gives weekly view

Default alert times

Year view (iPad only)

Switch days by swiping

Japanese calendar support

Buddhist calendar support

Page turning

Notification System

Notification Center

Displays missed notifications

Touching a notification takes you to the app

Clear notifications

Widgets: Weather and Stocks

Weather: Week view

New notification system

Toggle Notification Center

Choose how many recent items

View in lock screen

Banner style notification

Choose which notification for specific apps

Toggle app icons on or off

Custom vibrations

LED flash alerts

Sort notifications manually or by date

Enable or disable badge alerts

Slide specific notifications to go directly to its respective app

Displays Calendar tasks

Keyboard

Split keyboard

Emoji keyboard

Twitter keyboard, with @ and # buttons

Keyboard shortcuts

Hide keyboard icon

"PC free"

Wireless activation

Wi-Fi sync

Automatic downloads

Use a device while it syncs with iTunes

Over-the-air software updates

iCloud

Create a free @me email account

Everything in-sync

Photo Stream

Find My iPhone

Online backup

iTunes in the cloud

iTunes Match

iCloud section of the Settings app

Purchase History

Buy more storage

Documents/Data Sync

System

Multitasking gestures

AirPlay Mirroring

Tone Store

Tones for individual contacts

Music app with new icon

New Videos app

Information on tracks

Send song details over Bluetooth

Delete individual tracks

New icons for Hotmail, Google Mail and Microsoft Exchange

Enhancements to the Mail app

Enhancements to the Notes app

Rounded toggle buttons

New welcome screen

Application data can be deleted

Traffic in Maps can be hidden

Game Center improvements

New color for SMS bubbles

Ability to rename a device in the Settings app

Disable Voice Control

Speak selection option

Assistive touch settings

Custom gestures

Native 1080p playback on iPad 2

Set left and right audio

Edit number in Settings

Personal Hotspot moved to Network section of Settings app

Remove custom website data

FaceTime section in Settings app

Pick message alert length

Separate settings for music and video

Learn More Links

Configure message alert length

Choose default account for Notes

Turn automatic downloads on or off

Unsecured calls warning notification

Multiple Apple IDs for different services

Access applications from the Lock screen

Make FaceTime calls without a SIM card

Define your own words in the built-in dictionary

App fades when crashing

Snooze alarms from the Lock screen

Sort friends using “points”

VoiceOver item chooser

Speak selected text

Multiple downloads

New voice in Voice Control

New maximum for downloaded emails: 1,000

Double-tapping the Home button in YouTube shows author

Configure AirPort

Support for Arabic

Native support for turn-based games

Updated Lock screen

Create and delete photo albums

Access camera from lock screen

Crop, rotate, enhance, and remove red-eye in Photos app

Camera Grid

Lock Auto Exposure & Auto Focus

Font and time-stamp layout changes in Messages app

Cards app: Compose, Send, Print cards

Find Friends & Family app

Profile pictures for Game Center

Friend recommendations for Game Center

App Store in Game Center

S/MIME Security

Change device name via Settings app

Improved FaceTime video quality

FaceTime over 3G

More equalizer presets

New voices for Voice-Over

Help center

Application Updates in background

Voice roaming can be turned on or off

‘Tell a Friend’ via AppStore

Advanced assisted touch gestures

Re-design for video time-line under Photos app

AirPlay FaceTime calls

Siri Voice AI (iPhone 4s exclusive)

Mail

Rich text formatting

Search through entire mail messages

Quote level control in Mail settings

S/MIME support

Flag emails

Mark multiple emails as read

Maximum recent email messages limit to 1,000 instead of 200

Swipe left or right from your mailboxes folder list to navigate to other mail accounts